When do they give up the bottle ?

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My daughter is 2.9 and she eats pretty much anything but she's still taking bottles of milk and though I'm not concerned, I do wonder when she should stop. I don't mean stop as there is nothing wrong in any child drinking milk but in a baby bottle ?

The thing is that she is overseas (or I am, whichever way you look at it) and I don't want to give mum a hard time as it is difficult enough being a quasi single parent at he moment. I see on Skype that she's taking a bottle or some of a bottle before sleeping and yet she ditched the dummy a few months ago and does not use one at all now.

I'm not 100% sure if it is in a beaker or bottle as well.

I just wonder if she is hungry and using milk as a food substitute and perhaps that is what we should look at or whether she just really wants a glass of milk before going to bed.

First time parents with no real family inputs so making it up as we go along !

I would certainly try to ditch the bottle asap.

Does she just have it at bedtime? even so it's advisable to stop by now because it can have an effect on baby teeth.

Just offer her milk in a cup - an open cup by now should be fine.

And make sure she is brushign after the milk as well.

Hope it goes OK.

there's nothing wrong with a 2.9 yr old drinking milk from a bottle as long as it's before she cleans her teeth. ds2 still has one, and he's 3.6.

She can drink from a cup fine and has been doing so for over a year but I wonder if the bottle (have to confirm actually is a bottle) is not just for milk but for comfort, though as I said previously, she ditched the dummy herself a few months ago.

I feel that part of the reason is also the problem of a cup being knocked over when still half full and a bottle is just easier.

I have impressed on her mother the need to clean teeth before going to bed but I am sure that sometimes the shower and teeth clean come before the milk and no further cleaning is undertaken.